The Monterey Jazz Festival, the world's longest-running jazz festival, is rebranding as Monterey Jazz to reflect its year-round activities and programs. "What people sometimes forget is that we ...

MONTEREY — San Jose Jazz’s Bruce Labadie has been through this before, helping analyze and program festivals and performing arts centers from Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa to Chapman ...

Blue Monk; Evidence; Bright Mississippi; Rhythm-a-ning; Think of One; Straight, No Chaser. Thelonious Monk: piano; Charlie Rouse: tenor saxophone; Steve Swallow: bass ...

But that’s no reason not to celebrate the sea change that’s swept across the jazz scene when it comes to women instrumentalists. Recognizing the successes of female players isn’t only about ...

Pickett also hopes the festival’s programming and educational opportunities will establish it as one of the West Coast’s major jazz festivals alongside the Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose ...

Penelope Keep ’28 offers backstage memories from Stanford Jazz Orchestra's concert last week and previews an energetic jazz ...

And in 2010 & 2017, the ensemble took 1st place in the annual Reno Jazz Festival in the college division. Other accolades include being selected as a finalist in the Monterey Next Generation Jazz ...

Introduction by Jimmy Lyons; Blue 'n' Boogie; 'Round Midnight; Perdido; Stardust; Lover Man; I Can't Get Started with You; The Man I Love; A Night in Tunisia. Art Blakey: drums; Sonny Stitt: alto and ...